Associative Property:

By Manya and Eliza

Steps:

1. Take note of the numbers in the equation.
2. Move the parenthesis to make it easier to solve.
2. Solve the equation.

Example 1:

(21+9)+3 = 33

The parenthesis are moved to make a new problem:

21+(9+3)=33

The answer remained the same.

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Example 2:

(15+3)+2=20

15+(3+2)=20

And again, the answer remained the same.

Example 3:

Associative Property

Associative Property:

Steps:

This only works with addition and multiplication